Halifax County, NC - Mary Read to Moses R. Pendry, 1769
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Deed Bk 10, page 440
17 August 1769
Halifax Co., N.C.
Mary Read to Moses R. Pendry
To all people to whom these presents shall come I Mary Read do send greeting.
Know ye that I the said Mary Read of Halifax County in the province of North
Carolina, widow, for and in consideration of the love and good will and
affection which I have and do bear towards my loving son Moses Read Pendry of
the county and province aforesaid planter, have given and granted and by these
presents do freely give and grant and deliver unto the said Moses Read Pendry
his heirs, Exr. or Adm. one Negro boy named Thomas to have and to hold the
said Negro to the said Moses Read Pendry for his heirs, exrx. or adm. From
henceforth to his and their only proper use and uses as their own proper goods
and chattels absolutely without any manner of condition.
In witness whereas I have hereunto put my hand and seal this 17th day of
August 1769.
Mary x Read (seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of James Pendry, Lydia Read,
Thomas Neville, Halifax County 17 August Court 1769. Then the foregoing deed
was in open court duly proved by the oath of James Pendry a witness thereto
and on motion ordered to be registered.
Test: Jos. Montford C.C.
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